Connecticut western news., 1887-02-02
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AG1sC hND 1AGASIl.
 Many of the visitors at California re- sorts this winter are northern and east ern people who have heretofore gone to Florida.
 MrJ. P. Rorahack, bookkeeper for the William l.. Gilbert Clock company at Winsted, has recently been very ill but resumed his duties last week.
 Kneeland J. Munson of Millerton, N. Y., started yesterday to visit his daughters at Bluffton, S. c. He will be absent several weeks.
 The longest tunnel in the world, which has taken over century to con- struct, has been lately completed. It is at Schemnitz, in Hungary, and is 1O.27 miles long.
 Boston Corbett, who shot Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln. is one of the doorkeepers of the Kansas legislature. He lives in dug-out in Cloud county and is very poor.
 Officers made raid on disorderlv house in Watertown, January p and arrested eight persons. A small quan- tity of liquors were seized. The hear ing occupied nearly two days. Four of the accused were bound over for trial in the superior court.
 D. H. Reagan, veteran of the war, a member of Company I, Second Connec- ticut Artillery, died at the New Haven hospital, recently of consumption.
 Frank W. Wooster, Postmaster of Huntington. Conn.,, has been arrested for robbing the mails. When charged with his crime, he finally confessed. and has given 1,5OO bonds for his appear ance on February 10.
 Henry c. Osborn, who died in New Haven on Friday, January 21st, has long been the travelling agent of the Litch- field Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and is we'll known among all the farmers of the county, who will miss his familiar periodical visits. He was 8 native of Harwinton, but has lived in Waterbury for about twenty years.
 To the New London Days observation that "this world has nothing more beautiful than chrysanthemums, beam ing in the rays of rich November sum-" Cooley's Weekly replies. ooh, yes, 1t has, schoolmums.
 The complaint of the South Norwalk Sentinel against the soldiers home at Noroton in this state seems in fair way to be justified by official investigation and since the exposure was made the soldiers have fared better. Now give that paper due credit, Winsted Press.
 The commission appointed by the court to inquire into the sanity of Beck with, the Austerlitz murderer, reports that it finds the prisoner to be sane. The new trial has been set for Monday, Jan. 31.
 The annual session of the Connecticut department of the Grand Army will be held at Norwich. beginning Thursday, February 3. It will be held under the auspices of Sedgwick post.
 Coy Marmaduke, of Missouri, reports that "high license in Missouri has lowered the number of licenses from $500 to 2,98O and increased the revenue from licenses from $547, ,OOO to $1, ,842, OOO The price of licenses now varies from $55O to $1, 200. But does 'high license" decrease the amount of liquor sold? That is the vital matter.-Litch- tield Enquirer.
 s. E. Cheney of Litchfeld, paid a visit to New York city recently. While there he met gentleman who seemed to know L1tchfeld quite intimately and who was anxious to send a valuable package to the cashier of the Litchfeld bank. He tried to induce Mir Cheney to go into his place of business and get the package. The latter. told him to send it to the Tribune office, and he would undertake its delivery. As might be expected the bundle never reached l the Tribune office. It was the same old game.
 A peculiar cattle disease has appeared in the southwest part of Bethlehem, ano has quite recently developed among the stock of M. A. Fogg. A day or two since he stabled his COWS, which, to al appearance, were iu healthy condition On going to his barn the next morning he found one of his COWS lying dead and during the day the next best died What the disease can be is great mar vel.
 A farm hand not great way iron Naugatuck filled the tea kettle directl, from the pump the other day, and after wards the family drank the tea mad' with the water thus boiled. Afterwar on removing the lid to investigate as t. stoppage in the spout, it was discover, ed that it contained spotted wate snake fourteen inches long. The feel ings of the tea drinkers can be bette imagined than described. - Ansoni Sentinel.
 Clarence W. Colton of New Hartford died Sunday, January 23. Many clergy men were present at the funeral. Tn ceremonies were impressive and simple there being singing by the choir, read ing of the Scriptures and prayer. and n sermon. MT. Colton has been pastor c the Episcopal church in Pine Meade, for five years Changes have been mad in the church during his administration and but lately had he finished the i'm proYements which he has been so har at work at. He was well liked an highly esteemed by all who had met hir and conversed with him. His loss wi be mourned and felt in the parish he Ina left.